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" L. O. CLARK.

PEDAL.

Patented Sept. 5

' Ulvrrnn STATES 'PATENT @FFICEQ I LEWIS G. CLARK, OF VVORGESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ANDREW H. HAMMOND, OF SAME PLACE.

PEDAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part Letters of Patent No. 263,858, dated September 5, 1882, Application filed September 15, 1881. (No model.)

1o ient fulcrum and support for pedals for organs and other musical instruments.

To this end theimprovements consist in the frame or case of a musical instrument, having a straight shaft supported therein, apedal provided in the under side with a transverse groove or recess fitting the shaft, and a button for fastening the pedal on the shaft, pivoted to the under side of the. pedal, so that it is capable of swinging in a plane parallel there-' with, all being so combined and organized that the pedal may rock on the shaft and the button may be turned to release the pedal from the-shaft.

The improvements also consist in the combination, with the case or frame of amusical instrument,'of a shaft supported thereby, pedals provided in the under side with transverse grooves or recesses fitting said shalt, a partition separating the pedals and aiding in retaining them laterally in place, and buttons for fastening the pedals to the shaft, pivoted to the under side of the pedals, so that they are capable of swinging in planes parallel therewith.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the portion of the frame or case of an organ or other musical instrument and pedals and appurtenances embodying my improvements. Figure 2.is a section through 40 the same and through one of the pedals and appurtenances, and Fig. 3 is an inverted plan thereof.

Similar letters of reference designate correspondingparts in all the figures.

A designates a part of the frame or case of an organ or other musical instrument, and B designates a shaft supported in the same.

0 designates the pedals. They may be made of wood or other suitable material, and of any buttons away from the shaft either or both pedals 'may be lifted off. The pedal or pedals so removed may be reattached by placing it or them on the shaft and turning the 'buttons across the shaft, and the pedals may then rock freely on the shaft without danger of their becoming accidentally displaced.

E designates a partition or bearer through which the shaft B passes, and in which it is supported between its ends. As shown, this partition or bearer extends between the ped- 7o als and aidsin retaining them laterally in place.

Washers b, of felt or other suitable sot't material, may be interposed between the pedals O, the frame or case A, and the partition or bearer E, to obviate scratching or squeaking.

F designates devices whereby the pedals are connected at the inner or upper end with the devices which they are to operate. As shown, they consist of flexible straps, which maybe connected with the movable boards of bellows.

It will be seen that by my invention 1 provide a very simple, cheap, and effective support for pedals for organs and other musical instruments.

What I claim as myinvent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The frame or case ota musical instrument, having a straight shaft supported therein, a pedal provided on the under side with a transverse groove or recess fitting the shaft, and a 90 button for fastening the pedal on the shaft, pivot-ed to the under side of the pedal, so that it is capable of swinging in a plane parallel therewith, all being so combined and organized that the pedal may rock on the shaft and 93 the button may be turned to release the pedal from the shaft, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the case or frame of a musical instrument, of a shaft; supported capable of swinging in planes parallel therethereby, pedals prm'ided in the under side with, substantially as specified. with grooves or recesses fitting said shaft, a

partition separating the pedals and aiding in LEWIS (JLARK' 5 retaining them laterally in place, and buttons Witnesses:

for fastening the pedals t0 the shaft, pivoted DAVID MANNING, J r.,' to the under side of the pedals, so that they are JOHN B. RATIGAN. 

